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Same here, except for my mom's computer, because she needs a program for embroidery design that doesn't work well on Linux despite being in the AUR. It's called "Embrilliance", and for some reason the cursor disappears whenever you try to draw freeform, so if anyone has any guidance on that, hit up my DMs, I'd love to solve it for her!
Sometimes switching DEs resolves these glitches for me.
But not sure if that's a solution more like well around and that's no good for non nerds
I could try it in another DE on my machine to see if that helps first. Maybe Cinnamon or XFCE would be good enough for her needs, I'd set her up with Plasma previously, which she liked but it's a no-go without Embrilliance. If nothing else, it's just one air-gapped Windows PC in the house, ultimately it doesn't matter too much.
This is a great use-case for a live Linux environment. Throw one onto a drive and see if it works well, and if not, just restart and go back to what you have.
But, like you said, not a big deal either way.
Very true, if I find a DE that works with Embrilliance this weekend, I could use my Ventoy stick and see if she vibes with it. Good call!
Ventoy even supports persistence! It's a bit poorly documented but you download the 1-2GB persistence volume, configure ventoy to include that feature and which ISOs to associate with which persistent volumes and you're off to the races
Nice! That's good to know for other things!